Rinse wringer



A118- 2Q, 1946- A. s'cHELLE'NBl-:RG 2,405,109

'RINSE WRINGER Filed May l5, 1941 Patented Aug. 20, 1946 UNITED STATESPATENT fo-1=Flfcle.r *I N 2,406,109 RINsE WRINGER Albert Schellenberg,Joliet, Ill.

Application May 15, 1941, Serial No. 393,522

(Cl. (iS-22) 6 Claims. 1

This invention relates to wringers of the type used in connection withmotor driven domestic washing machines, and particularly to that type ofwringer wherein a rinsing operation is performed. This application is animprovement on my co-pending application, No. 368,159, filed December 2,1940, now Patent No. 2,358,256, granted Sept. 12, 1944.

The particular object of the present invention is to provide improvedconveyor and rinsing means in the rinse chamber of the wringer.

Other objects and benefits will be disclosed in the followingdescriptions and drawing, in which the figure is a cross-sectionalelevation view of a rinse wringer having a conveyor belt over the lowerrolls and a large intermediate roller coacting with the belt to agitateand rinse garments passing between the two sets of rolls.

It will be understood that the Wringer, shown somewhat diagrammaticallyinv the foregoing drawing, employs the reversible gear head driving therolls and conveyor mechanism, the safety pressure release for the upperframe, the clutch to stop operations of the rolls and conveyor Whenpressure is released, the rinse basin overflow, and generally allnecessary mechanical structure shown in my prior application, Serial No.368,159, filed December 2, 1940, now Patent No. 2,358,256, granted Sept.12, 1944, together with any necessary modications of this structure ascould be 30 accomplished by skillful mechanics experienced in the art.It will be appreciated that the present application deals with detailedmodifications of structure with the basic mechanism of the wringerremaining practically the same as shown in the aforesaid application.

Now referring to the drawing, I designate the lower frames yby thenumeral I and the upper frames by the numeral II. The dual pairs ofdriving rolls in Fig. 1 are designated III-I5 and I B-I'L The waterlevel in the rinse chamber in each case is designated by the letter L.y

Now referring to Fig. 1, the belt I8 over the lower rollers I4, I6co-acts with a large intermediate roller 20 resiliently mounted onbearings 22 by compression springs 23. It will be appreciated that bythis mounting the roller 20 is permitted to move upward when :thickportions of clothing pass thru the rinse chamber. The roller 20 may beeither plain or corrugated as shown at 20. Mounted interiorly of theroller 20 are baffles 2| which pick up water from the rinse basin, aswell as that sprayed'by the spray tube SI and deliver it through theperforations 2| as will be readily understood.

I also provide an automatic release when unusually thick garments arefed in the wringer. By referring to the description of the releasemechanism R in the application Serial No. 368,159, it will beappreciated that when the roll 20 is raised @to the point Vwhere itstrikes the release mechanism R at P, the top.y frame will be releasedand the drive to the rolls I4--I5, IIS-I1, and 2 will be stopped.

rIlhe intake rolls I4 and I 5 are adapted to receive the clothestherebetween which are then transmitted over the belt I8 beneath theroller 20, to the discharge rolls I6 and II. The flexibility of the beltallows the clothes to be deflected by the corrugated periphery oftheroller 20 so that the clothes are ydeflected laterally of theirdirection of movement during their passage through the rinse water, andthus are thoroughly saturated withthe rinse water to obtain an effectiverinsing operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a rinse wringer having a rinsing chamber, means for conveyinggarments through said rinsing chamber including an impeller roll mountedin the rinsing chamber, said roll being hollow and cylindrical with acorrugated peripheral Wall having perforations at intervals therein.

2. In a rinse wringer having a rinsing chamber, means for conveyinggarments through said rinsing chamber including an impeller roll mountedin the rinsing chamber, said roll being hollow and cylindrical with acorrugated peripheral wall having perforations at intervals therein, andradially extending bailies within said roll at the peripheral wallthereof.

3. In a rinse wringer having a rinsing chamber, means for conveyinggarments through said rinsing chamber including an impeller roll mountedin the rinsing chamber, said roll being hollow and cylindrical with acorrugated peripheral wall having perforations at intervals therein,radially extending bafles within said roll at the peripheral wallthereof, and means within said roll for applying a rinsing spray towardthe peripheral wall thereof.

4. In a rinse wringer having a rinsing chamber, means for conveyinggarments through said rinsing chamber including an impeller roll mountedin the rinsing chamber, said roll being hollow and cylindrical with acorrugated peripheral wall having 'perforations at intervals therein,and means Within said roll for applyinga rinsing spray toward theperipheral Wall thereof.

5. In a rinse wringer, a rinsing chamber, an upper frame mounted on therinsing chamber, a

pair comprising upper and lowerl intake rolls at one side of the rinsingchamber, a pair comprising upper and lower discharge rolls at the oppo-lsite side of the rinsing chamber, a conveyor belt extending between thelower rolls of said pairs n of rolls, and roller meansmounted on theupper frame between the pairs of rolls coacting with said belt toagitate and rinse garments, said roller meanscomprising a hollowirripeller Vroll having peripheral corrugations, said corrugatedperiphery being perforated at intervals there-5 around. o t

6. In a rinse wringer, a lower frame, an upper" frame releasably lockedon the lower frame and.

coacting therewith to form a rinsing chamber, a pair of upper and lowerintake rolls at one end of the rinsing chamber, a pair of upper andlower discharge rolls at the opposite end of the rinsing chamber, aconveyor belt extending over the lower rolls of said pairs of rolls andbeing driven thereby, and roller means mounted on the upper y framebetween the pairs of rolls coacting with A said belt to agitata andrinse garments, said roller means comprising a hollow impeller rollhaving peripheral corrugations, said corrugated periphvery beingperforated vat intervals therearound.

iff ALBERT SCHELLEN'BERG.

